Rail-fastening.



F. BoNzANo.

RAIL FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED Mul?, 1,907.

l Patented Dec. 15, 1908 'L www zAfNo, af citizen, Eo

'11, M ixiiriiirrwk- 141 Bon'- 4 z 1e United States, and a resident' `of 'Goshen ,1 1i' oeltbrldge county', 1r-

ginia, l'have invented certain improvements in'Rail-lb sten'ings, folr Wliieli`"tl ie following is c a speeiiicatlon. A

v The 'object oiigmy' invention is to provide efficient means'for-,fastening rails to metallic ti andmore p articularly 'lor usev in connection with such stru tures as that disclosed in.A

my patent, So. Silllydated February 19, 1907, thoughinot soliinited, as my proved fastening device s= adapted for use 'with'any forni 'of nietalliellitie employing a block of Wood, ribe'r brother substantially resilient A .material between the 'tie and the rail.

A further object o my invention to providesueh *fastening With-ins 'ng means so that it may be used when .it is desired to employ. the rails as conductors in the oi'ieration AVoi: electric signaling. or 'interlocking switch same character as regards the road bed Vand' and signal Vapparatus.A

My invention is fully shownin the acronipanyin'g dra-Win gs; in .vhich: 1 v

Figure 1, is a side e ation of a tie sho.\3ing my'v impr ved rail. lastening in connection ,it'h; i2, is a pl-vn view' ot the' same; Fig. s, is a sectional` View illustrating the "manner of ii'isert-ir'ig one of the tastening member *strength and load siipporting power with the minimum amount lof metal employed. Such tie ivill be provided lWithuthe usual ballast.- holding pockets, as illustrated withy respect to my former tie; the ends'ot" 'the saine being crimped as shown therein, or provided with the plates 2 .closing the end of the tie, as illustrated in present drawings.

Mounted on top of the tie 1 are blocks 5, of wood, iber, or other resilient material, carrying Wear and load distributing plates 6. -ln

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the present instance, *thesel blocks and Wear plates are secured to the tie by means of bolts 7, having heads 8 restingagainst the` under side of the top web ofthe tie and being secured to the blocks by means of suitable nuts 9. y

1n order. to set the bolts in place from the top oi' the tie after the latter has been arranged in proper position, the tie is provided With two or Vmore elongated lioles'lO, as' clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the bolt .is provided with an elongated neck or shoulder S arranged to pass' into these holes, in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 3; and when in the same being turned atan angle to its direction of entrance so that the projecting portions oi' the head may rest against the solid metal ot the top web adjacent said holes.

-The holes 1U at each end of the tie prefer ably have the elongated portions set at right angles to each other so that the bolts will more rmly holdthe block Without danger of having any movement of the same with respeelt to thetie. As the blocks 5 are provided with metallic Wear and load distributing plates 6; in order that the rail .fastenings which are carried by the blocks, may be insulated 'from the tie, the bolts of the block tastenings arel provided with insulating washers 15.

The rails are fastened to the bloc-ks by means of clips 16 engaging the flange or the rail, in lthe manner shown, and these clips are coniined in place by bolts 17 carried by' the b lool'is, such bolts projecting through the wear plate, and being provided with square or oval'necks 18 or other means to 'prevent theni turning when passed. through the plates 6. The blocks 5 are recessed at the point 19 to accommodate the heads of the bolts 17. The clips engage the edge of the flanges as .vellas voverlier the saine so that movement of suoli clips relatively to the rail is impossible. Between the clips and nuts 2() 'lor the bolts 17, `spring Washers Blf-are em loyed. y

y the means I have provided, the blocks 'form a -resilient support for the rails; are firmly held to the. ties, and are so conined as 'to securely -hold the rails against lateral movement, such securing means bein insulated rom the metal Wear plates carried by said blocks. vThe rails are held to the blocks geteiltes nee.` .190cm by the fastenings 'carried thereby, Which'are Wholly independent of the meansforfastenL in he blocks to the ties.

claim: .In combination with a metallic tie and a f ail, a fastening comprising resilient means fp? supporting 'the rail, means insulated fromA t ie resilient meansV for securing the same to sa'd tie, a Wear plate carried by said resilient in ans and insulated from the tie, the fastenin means for said resilient means being insulaed from said Wear plate, clips for holding t sa d rail, and means carried by the Wear plate fo 1holding said clips in engagement With the rai i In combination With a metallic tie and a ail, a fastening comprising a Wooden block fo supporting the rail, means insulated from i the Wooden block for securing -thesame to said tie, a Wearplatecarried by said block and insulated fromv the tie, the fastening means for saidv block being insulated from' said Wear plate, clips for holding said rail, and means carried by the Wear plate for holding said clips in engagement with the rail.

3. In combination With a metallic tie and rails, a rail. fastening comprising resilient mea-ns for supporting the rails, means for securingsaid resilient means to .the tie, a separate Wear plate carried by each of said resilient means and insulated from the tie, means 'for insulating the fastening means for said in engagement with the respective rail.

4. In combination With ametallic tie andA rails, a rail fastening `comprising a Woodeny resilient means trom said Wear plate, clips for holding each of the rails, and means carried by each Wear plate for holding said clip block-for supporting the rails, means insulated iirom the Wooden blockfor securing the same to saidtie, a separate Wear plate carried by each of said blocks and insulated from the tie, means for insulating thefastening means for said Wooden'blocks from said Wear plate, clips for holding each of the rails, and means carried by each Wea-r plate for holding said clips in engagement With the respective rail.

r 5. In rail fastenings for metallic ties, the

combination of a metallic tie having its top web apertured, headed bolts adapted to be inserted in said apertures from the top and then turned for retention bythe tie, resilient means for supporting the rails carried by'said tie and held in place by said bolts, said resih- .carried by @aaa-ns Danang asia-1S fr@ as aa,

alwearplate carried by the resilient means, and means in engagement with said :Wear plate for. holding the rails thereto.

n rail fastenings for metallic ties, 'the .combination of ametallie tie having its top web ap'ertured,l headed bolts adapted to be inserted'in said apertures from the top .and ,then turned for retention by the tie7 Wooden .ent means insulating the rails from the tie,

rails, Wear plates carried by said resilient supporting means, and secured by the headed bolts, the said wear plates being also insulated from the tie, means for holding the rails to said Wear plates, and curved shoulders carried by -the bolts to prevent rotative movement and consequentlateral disarrangement when properly adjusted in place.

8. In rail fastenings for metallicties', the

combination of a tie having its top web ap-y ertured, headed bolts. disposed in said aper-I tures, said bolts being inserted from the top and then turned for retention by the tie, Wooden rail supporting blocks carried by said tie and held in place by said bolts, said Wooden blocks insulating the rails from the tie, rails, Wear plates carried by said blocks and secured by the headedbolts, the said Wear'plates being also insulated from the tie,

means forv holding the rails to said Wear plates, and curved shoulders carried by the olts to prevent rotative movement and consequent lateral disarrangement When properly adjusted in place.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specii'ication, in the presence ot two subscribing Witnesses.

MAXIMILIAN F. BONZANO.

Witnesses: 'Y

MARY G. BoNzANo, J. L. Momma.- 

